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Try to enter the legal way and claim asylum through legal ports of entry. >> those remote locations, we should just be clear, theyre called iceboxes because theyre kept so cold. those have been around forever. and then not being medically staffed. that is not a trump administration policy. that is the way things have operated for a very long time. >> yeah, thats true. its operated that way for a long time. but were seeing more people who are having to wait longer at the legal ports. >> right. >>...

Called iceboxes because theyre kept so cold. those have been around forever. and then not being medically staffed. that is not a trump administration policy. that is the way things have operated for a very long time. >> yeah, thats true. its operated that way for a long time. but were seeing more people who are having to wait longer at the legal ports. >> right. >> before they go to those area. >> so theyre pushing them into the remote areas. >> when you think of the children in cages that we sa...

Congress. weve got a lot of work to do on agencies. remember scott pruitt. >> i do. >> remember any number of individuals no longer serving in hhs because of the ethical questions. were talking about american taxpayer money. the congress has a role to play in making sure its being used wisely. >> you point out republicans in particular have not been doing that job, being a check on the executive. do you think that starts to change with some of the early findings of both mueller and the sdny brie...

Know, the democrats would like people to believe that they are legitimate asylum seekers. legitimate asylum seekers dont attack border guards. they dont throw rocks and bricks and rush the border. you have a situation where every day on the news now we are seeing how crucially important it is that we make sure that we believe up security on our border. and the president is not willing to give on this. he has been very 23eur78 and fid get the $5 billion. ainsley: president is firm on 5 billion. t...

Going to be much more than that. they will be investigating using subpoena power for hhs. they will be using it for epa, they will be using it on every issue they possibly can. >> child separations at the border. >> absolutely. >> puerto rico deaths. >> absolutely. it will be all-consuming for the white house. and i think, if they thought the last two years were hard, they have not seen anything yet. >> and they have not fully grasped that yet. a lot of people who came with president trump to wa...

Business 26 times at a cost of 400,000 taxpayer dollars. and the uproar including that of donald trump. >> im not happy about it and let him know. >> reporter: he told me he would repay his debt to taxpayers. >> you say in a statement taxpayers wont pay a dime for my seat on those planes but you wrote a check from your officials for $51,807. the total cost is estimated at more than $400,000 for the 26 flights since may. is that okay? >> there is an ongoing review being done by the inspector gene...

Amid the uproar, including that of president trump. >> im not happy about it and i let him know it. >> secretary price told me that he would repay his debt to taxpayers. >> you say the taxpayers wont pay a dime but youre writing a check. the total cost is estimated at more than $400,000 for the 26 flights since may. is that okay? >> well, as i said, theres an ongoing review being done by the special general. its important that we wait for that. >> the very next day after less than ten months on ...

Cost of more than 400,000 taxpayer dollars. amid the uproar, including that of president trump. >> president trump: im not happy about it and i let him know it. >> bret: secretary pryce told me he would repay his debt. you say in the statement the taxpayers wont pay a dime but your writing a check for $51,887. the total cost is estimated that more than 400,000, 26 flights since may. is that okay? >> there is an ongoing review being done by the expected or general, its important that we wait for ...

Mention, you know, that this is, of course, damaging to them, as well. >> i think taxpayers are never clear about where money comes from. clearly there wasnt moneyer ark phd a budget for this policy popping up. where does the money come from? >> so the $80 million we talked about came out of the hhs budget and one of the biggest issues that the members of congress demanded the data pulled away from other programs under hhs like hiv and aids resedge aarch why you see people taking issue and other...

Thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> the family separation policys no longer in effect but kids have been separated. how long do we know how long the kids stay in detention and continue to pay for this? >> yeah. so about 2,600 kids were separated over all and a small number in detention and about 145 or so and were still paying to house them so the report that i got a hold of came from a democrat from connecticut, member of the house of representatives. she pressured hhs to explain to h...